Steps to learn and use Esperanto,
with or without the instructor's help

When you write to me, please include your name, age, sex,
the name of the town and country where you live, and the
languages you know or have studied, with which kind
of success.

Remember that to learn to write is part of learning a
language. Therefore, whenever you write, use complete
sentences, the same if you write in Esperanto or in
English. Try to write in Esperanto as soon as possible …
it does not matter if you make mistakes, or if you have to
mix some English words when you don't know the words
in Esperanto. Always start each sentence with a capital
letter and end it with a period.

In most of my pages, the address last letter is:
a (angla/English), e (Esperanto), h (hispana/Spanish)

All my pages have my name and the date of the last update.

On the page about videos,
now you will find more than 10 hours of videos.
Watch everything you can even if you don't understand.
If you find it too difficult go back to the beginning of
each series. Don't loose your time with dictionaries.

"¿Sabe Usted Esperanto?",
Book by Jorge Hess.
This is an old basic textbook for Spanish speakers.
Even if the directions are in Spanish, the Esperanto-text is
helpful. It could be used as exercises. Chapter 16th is very
useful for verb participles. If you can read Spanish,
start by the "Prólogo".
Read online
Download (700 KB, includes other materials)

"La Gerda Kurso" on 5 pages, 5 lessons on each page.
For each chapter or lesson, there are the text, some
questions and some exercises. There are 25 chapters.
The book, the course, the questions and the exercises,
are all Esperanto. Only the vocabularies are from Esperanto
into other language.

Please use the exercises from this page.
They have some help not available with the exercises
in the course. If you intend to send the exercises to me,
they must be from here.

A vocabulary (Vortaro) in one page, with the new words for
each chapter. There is a version Esperanto - English and
another Esperanto - Español (There are vocabularies for
other languages on other web pages)

I recommend to read all the vocabulary for each chapter,
before reading that chapter.

The numbers 1 to 25 are links to the reading of each chapter.
You may download them. They are 10.2 MB in total.

You may download the file
DktA0004.zip.
It has everything necessary for "La Gerda Kurso" and
a few other things.4.
Vojaĝo en Esperanto-Lando.

The Advanced Esperanto Course is guided by
Professor Boris Kolker, member of the Academy
of Esperanto.
Internacia Perfektiga Koresponda Kurso.
(IPKK)

"Traveling in Esperanto-Land. Advanced Esperanto
course and guide on the culture of Esperanto" it is a
book full of interesting and useful texts in Esperanto,
created by diverse famous authors.

China Radio International
On the square on the right hand side, click one of these
words to listen to 8 different one-hour programs:
Lundo Mardo Merkredo
Ĵaŭdo Vendredo Sabato Dimanĉo
Nia lasta programero

Gerda Malaperis
This page has or allows you to download:
.. Links to listen to or download the reading
of the 25 chapters from the book, in .mp3 files
.. Translation to English of the first 3 chapters.
.. The full text of the book.
.. The vocabulary Esperanto-English for the new words
in each chapter.

La Eta Princo in Esperanto
Listen to the reading of the
whole book read by Jianping Zhao,
27 chapters These chapters are in inverted
order. Start with chapter 1 almost at the end of the page.
There are 6 links to chapters in each line.

There are 3 educational videos very good to learn
Esperanto. Their duration is 77, 80, and 15 minutes, total
173 minutes (almost 3 hours). They are spoken only
in Esperanto.
This page allows you
to download the 3 videos and their text. It also have links
to watch more than 7 hours of videos in Youtube.

This page has, or allows to download:
.. The full text of the 3 videos
in .txt files
.. Links to download the 3 videos in 2 .avi files.
.. Links to Youtube to watch or download the 3 videos
in 18 parts.
.. Instructions and links to use the Pronunciation
Laboratory, to evaluate your own pronunciation.
.. Links to listen to or download the reading of "Gerda
Malaperis" in .mp3 files, the translation to English of the
first 3 chapters and the book full text.

Edukado.net also has information about these
videos and links to watch or download them.

Another video to learn Esperanto

Esperanto,
Pasporto al la Tuta Mondo
The best video to learn Esperanto, made in USA with actors
from more than 12 countries. It has 16 chapters of almost
half an hour each, more than 7 hours in total.

This it is the biggest site to learn Esperanto. Perhaps, too big, with too many possibilities. I believe that is better to finish
one course before starting another. When the choice is too
diverse, we have the tendency to begin many things and to
finish none.

NASK What is happening at the summer
course at the California University at San Diego, July
2008.

Conversations, Esperanto meetings, conventions

20. Instant messengers

Skype allows written and voice chat.
Download and install Skype.
When the program is already working, enter "Esperanto"
in the search box. Then leave the search box empty,
and enter "Esperanto" in the language box. Try to chat
with some of these people. Remember that most will
understand Esperanto, but will not understand your
birth-language.

Lernu.net At the lower right you will find
the instant messenger (tuj-mesaĝilo)

Other instant messengers

21. Virtual life

Dua Vivo (Second Life)
Dua Vivo, How to use it, in Esperanto
(in Metaversoj)
Dua Vivo, Esperanto in the virtual world
(How to use it)
Dua Vivo, Videos
(Also How to use it)
Dua Vivo, in Youtube

23. International correspondence
Since 12 years ago
Esperanto Koresponda
Servo publish its
web page with requests for Esperanto pen pals from
many countries. This page is updated 2 or 3 times each
month.

The instructions are also in Portuguese ...
But you don't need them.
On the first window, lower right, select a lesson (1 - 5)

To start, press the green little triangle on the left side of
the next window. You will hear the Esperanto sentence
written on the middle of the window.
Then you will have a chance to repeat into your
microphone what you just heard. The program will
repeat first the voice of the instructor, and then your
own voice, so you can compare.

There are 3 icons on the right side:Microphone: it will repeat the process with the
same sentence.
Headset: you will hear the sentence again.
Arrow: it will repeat the process with a new sentence.

To exit the program, wait for the program to stop
and click the upper right "x". Clicking it when
the program is trying to repeat or to record,
will produce an exit with error.